Did you know your mind learns best

through word association?

It’s true. Linking words with

knowledge, a person or a thing, is a

proven technique to learning Spanish.

Let’s try it!

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CALENDAR

The Anglo-Saxon calendar, used in the United States and Canada,

starts the week on Sunday.

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CALENDARIOdomingo

Whereas the Spanish calendar or calendario, moves

Sunday/domingo to the last day of the week.

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CALENDARIOdomingolunes martesmiercolesjueves viernessabado

In Spanish culture the week begins on Mondayor lunes followed by the other days:

Tuesday/martes - Wednesday/miercoles Thursday/jueves - Friday/viernes

Saturday/sabado - Sunday/domingo

Did you notice the days of the week on the Spanish calendario were all lowercase?

It’s not a typo…the typical form is lowercase.

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CALENDARIO

Let’s incorporate another ‘association’ for this lesson.

Did you also know the days of the week are related to celestial objects?

domingolunes martesmiercolesjueves viernessabado

Monday/lunes/Moon

Tuesday/martes/Mars

Wednesday/miercoles/Mercury

Thursday/jueves/Jupiter

Friday/viernes/Venus

Saturday/sabado/Saturn

Sunday/domingo/Sun

¡Vale!? Okay? Next time you reach into your mind for the word Monday in Spanish…you

will see the moon and then? Well, the word ‘lunes’ is

sure to follow.

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